HIGH SCHOOL: Team captain and three-year letter winner in cross country at Great Falls high School ... Also earned four letters in track & field ... Raced to all-state track & field honors in the 3,200 in 2009 ... Received all-district track & field honors in the 1,600 and 3,200 in 2011 ... Named a 2011 United States Presidential Scholar.

PERSONAL: Majoring in systems science and engineering ... Son of Jim and Dee Strauss.